'Bishops told Church in unique position to help The Catholic community is in a unique situation to help fight unemployment, a meeting of Australian bishops was told by the Australian Catholic Welfare Commission. In a second major report following up on its May discussion paper "What about the Unemployed?" the commission says Australia is suffering from unemployment. The commission told the bishops there were several ways in which the Church can tackle the question of unemployment (see story page 2). The Church has been concerned for the unemployed
from NICHOLAS HERR in Sydney
through its welfare agencies for many years. But, it adds, the Church community is in a unique position to do more. "It has
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representatives in all stratas of society, who come t ogether with common objectives in their Christian committment," it says. "It has an enormous potential mediating influence to assist the nation to work together for the relief of
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• Austral ian bishops and those from Oceania met in Sydney last week as part of their regular conferences. See r eports pages 2 and 3, and on Natural Family Planning, page 11. • Record reporter, ROSLYN ROSS continues our special series on Natural Family Planning with an interview from Ann O'Donnell in Perth. See story and picture pages 10 and 11.
• Much concern was expressed at the bishops' conference about unemployment and how the Church can help. See stories top of page 1 and in page 2.
present injustice to those unemployed suffering through lack of job opportunities, and the obligation to use this mediating influence effectively," T he commission says unemployment levels are
still at an unacceptably high level. The proportion of unemployed is between 8 and 10 per cent of the Australian labour force compared with 2 per cent or less between 1950-70. There is possibly
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ROME: The trial this week of eight alleged conspirators — four of them in their absence — in the shooting of Pope John Paul II in 1981 is being called by the Italian Press the "trial of the century." Three of the defendants were employees of the Bulgarian government at the time of the May 13, 1981, shooting and their conviction would be seen by many as evidence of the Soviet Union's involvement in the plot. Among Soviet-bloc countries, Bulgaria is considered one of the most closely tied to Moscow. To begin with, only four of the defendants will be present. They include Agca, 27, who faces new conspiracy charges but who more importantly is expected to be the state's key witness. Sergei Antonov, 36, former Rome station chief for Bulgaria's national airline, now under house arrest in Italy and in poor health; Omer Bagci, 40, a Turk accused of furnishing Agca with the gun used in the shooting; and Musa Celebi, 33, a Turk accused of providing ligistical support in the conspiracy.
Pope John Paul II reels from the shock of the bullet back into the arms of his bodyguard in the shooting in St Peter's Square.
The other four defendants will be tried in absentia. They include two other Bulgarians: Todor Ayvazov, 42, a former cashier at Bulgaria's Rome embassy. and Tell° Vassilev, 43. attache
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What the Agca trial is yet to hear is the relevance of the alleged fourth 9mm pistol bought for the assassination and which was seized two weeks ago from 25 year old Turk Asian Esmet caught with false papers entering Holland from West Germany on the last day of Pope John Paul's visit.
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The Australian Catholic Social Welfare Cornmission has listed various ways to alleviate unemployment.
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Ensure we are well informed on unemployment, its causes and possible means of alleviation, thereby being able to assist with the problem. SECOND, at the parish level: Try to become aware of those suffering unemployment. Help in arranging practical assistance, by references, counselling, job interviews or the provision of work opportunities.
CIEl El Become aware of the parish resources to assist in work creation — for example, underutilised facilities such as parish halls, school rooms, garden tools and maintenance equipment, and other items which could be used for training purposes. Help form a parish group to direct energies and attention to this problem. Provide appropriate training for young unemployed — for example, typing tuition or garden maintenance skills. Undertake a register of regular maintenance work required by members of the parish community.
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Relief from some of the despair after long periods on the dole can make life worth living again for teenagers and young people, some of whom have never had a job.
an equal amount of "disguised" unemployment. "There seems little or no prospect of substantial improvement in the foreseeable future," it says. "The priority accorded by our society towards solutions for unemployment is unacceptably low. " The evident adverse effects of unemployment on the individual and the community, are manifested in personal afflictions and anti-social behaviour in the form of excessive crime, drug-taking and breakdown in family life and community values. "Moreover, the community seems to have accustomed itself to high unemployment, to the point where this is no longer at t he forefront of media attention nor necessarily the biggest single political issue. " This phenomenon is something of a mirage. " Although the majority of the labour force remains in employment, history suggests that high unemployment extending over a long period eventually becomes destructive of society and its traditions and institutions. "The major part of the employed labour force is e xhibiting a lack of concern f or the unemployed." The paper says the incidence of unemployment is not uniform across socioeconomic groups in the community. Those most affected are: • Younger people not yet e xperienced in the labour f orce. • Older people who, once retrenched, lack the flexibility or attributes needed by potential employers.
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The national Catholic Enquiry Centre, located in Maroubra, New South Wales, has been allocated funds bythe Australian bishops' conference for the first time. It will receive $30,000 for both 1985 and 1986. The centre was set up by the Australian Bishops 25 years ago. Until now its funding has depended on public donations and the sale of many of its publications. Applicants who respond to the CEC newspaper advertisements, receive gratis specific course of instruction in the Catholic Faith in the form of books and leaflets. In 1984 a total of 5,183 faith education courses were dispatched. Since the centre opened in 1957, 26,557 people have applied for the course. The centre has no way of knowing how many people follow up the course and become Catholics. Although very grateful for the bishops' contribution.
Centre to get funds the centre's director, Father James FitzPatrick, pointed out that expenses for last year totalled close to $400,000. Most of this amount has to come from the generous donations of supporters. "Our material is suitable for the Christian churches but it is specifically Catholic.
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and obtain. It is a lasting reference and can be re-read time and time again. -We send two lessons out a fortnight and at the end of every fifth lesson there is an assessment sheet. People are then able to ask questions and continue or discontinue as they wish."
SYDNEY COVERAGE Stories from the Episcopal Conference meeting in Sydney were written by Nicholas Kerr of the Southern Cross Adelaide and Frances Wilden, of the Catholic Weekly Sydney who both attended the conference on behalf of the Catholic weekly newspapers. vir.ioftworomo.
NZ 'nuke' ban a The New Zealand government's stand against the entry of nuclear capable vessels into New Zealand ports is basically a pro-life stance, said Cardinal Williams of Wellington (NZ) who was in Sydney for last week's meeting of bishops from Australian and Oceania. In a press interview, the cardinal said "It relates to the morality of nuclear arms and the morality of the policy of nuclear deterence." "When the Labor Party came to power it insisted nuclear armed vessels not come to New Zealand. "The allies of ANZUS said they would not say (if vessels carried nuclear arms) because it would effect military strategy. So the government's policy had to be that they would not allow nuclear capable vessels. "I saw that as a stance that was not going to bring any political advantage. So I came to the conclusion it must be a moral stance," Cardinal Williams said. "But I also saw the issue being discussed in the media as one which effected money and exports."
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In future 65 per cent of the Propagation of the Faith Australian home mission fund will go to the Aboriginal apostolate. This is an increase of five per cent and could represent an additional $40,000 for Aboriginal projects next year.
LEE However, to permit this re-allocation for the benefit of the Aboriginal apostolate in Australia, the a mount going to
poor parishes in poor dioceses will have to be reduced by a similar amount — from 20 per cent to 15 per cent.
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"I commended the government on taking a moral stand and I spoke as I did to bring the debate back to where I properly it thought belonged." "People ask me where 11 stand on the issue.Igo along with the Holy Father in believing a policy of deterence must be purely temporary' and it must be accompanied by a progressive disarmament of nuclear weapons." "Why am I against deterence then? Because I do not see that concomitant action taking place. AllIsee is arms proliferating." "The effect of our present policy of nuclear deterence is not to bring about an equilibrium but rather a striving for superiority," he said. In this area, Cardinal Williams believes the principal task of bishops is to tell people the doctrinal truths of the Church in regard to human rights and social justice.
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DELI It is organised by the Mandorla Centre of Inner Peace, a new Catholic service group. The sponsor is Mr Des Mullins, managing director of Abrolhos Oil and Investments Ltd. The group's secretary, Miss Mary McArdle, said yesterday that the Premier, Mr Burke, would announce the winners and open the exhibition at the New Norcia art gallery on September 28.
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Our tears are cold comfort for Bangla Desh For all its macabre bordering on obscene entertainment the much repeated film clips of the burning Bradford grandstand at least supported the unbearable truth that fifty or so people were dying in its flames. The scant consolation offered the victims of Lebanon's deliberate blood bath is at least to listen nightly to the cries of pain of the grieving families. The glassy eyes of starving Ethiopians finally forced the cameras of the world to report the real truth of death into comfortable Western homes. In Australia we have the consolation of national sympathy to surge over a Darwin cyclone or a Granville rail smash. The missing boatman, the lost mountaineer has not only an emergency relief force straining for his safety, he has a nation ready to listen to his story, to mourn his loss. EDE Days after Bangla Desh's horrific loss of life the immensity of the disaster cannot only be not understood, it can barely be known as early estimates of hundreds of dead rocket into possible tens of thousands. Is yet another Bangla Desh tidal disaster a recurring taunt to the world that for all its sophisticated satellite communication there are pockets of the world whose problems it can scarcely understand, yet alone help in a solution? The hundreds and hundreds of millions of the world's marginal populations can only cry in their hearts that their plight, say nothing of a glimmer of hope, can scarcely be heard above the din of headlines in a world whose brothers and sisters they are, no matter how much we turn away from that truth. EEO The Bangla Deshis swept into oblivion in the ever recurring cyclones and tidal waves wrecking their coast need no superficial pity over the precarious hold they have on life whether because of where they live or the harshness of their rural economy. In even the poorest of countries there are the lucky some who can clamber to safety up the economic ladder. They can make it to some extent in the world. The poor have neither the ladder nor the strength to climb. Could Australia hold back the tide just one metre in such overwhelming tragedy? Maybe not, but the bodies of the Bay of Bengal accuse any Australian who will be party to this country's evasion of its responsibility for overseas aid. No tax summit, no posturing and squaring off over the division and re-distribution of the national cake, no political tight rope walking can absolve us of the global truth of where we live and who are our helpless neighbours, brothers and sisters. If in life we run from reality and truth, let death strike it deep into our hearts.
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Wednesday May 29 The numbers defy comprehension. How can the people of a country like Australia, where a handful of deaths is enough to constitute a disaster, imagine the scope of a tragedy in which the number killedmay be 40,000 or more? Bangla Desh, cursed by grinding poverty and brutalised by every trick of cruefty in nature's repertoire, exists in a state of continuing agony. Its exposed masses, trying to scratch a miserable living from soilor sea, are perpetually vulnerable. Only in Bangla Desh, it seems, could a cyclone and a tidal wave inflict such stupendous suffering. And only in Bangla Desh, the world's loser and most constant victim, would such suffering be followed by continuing torment in the form of floods. In such a place life must inevitably come cheaper than in fat andprosperous Western societies. That does not make the losses any less horrific, but there is a grain of consolation in the thought that those survivors who have witnessed unspeakable horror and lost their entire families have perhaps acquired a grimly fatalistic outlook which may help to dull the edge of their grief. What Bangla Deshi, knowing the uncertainty of existence in his accursed country, could afford to think otherwise? There is no question that Australia and others among the world's luckier countries should do what they can to help Bangla Desh overcome its latest battering. The great tragedy is the knowledge that every time there will, inevitably, be a next time. 4 The Record, 30 May — 5 June, 1985
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Pope John Paul II talks of peace YPRES (Belgium) (NC): Pope John Paul II, speaking near a major World War Ibattlefield, said to be silent on the matter of peace is to "stifle the message of Our Lord Jesus Christ." "If we remain silent," he said, "the glamour of violence will stifle the cry of people who call for justice and peace. If we remain silent, the menace of war and the egoism will block dialogue and the search for mutual understanding. "If we remain silent, the arms race will continue to absorb funds, energy and creativity. Thus, little money and attention will be left for nourishment, health, development and lodging, especially in the poorest countries." The pope spoke in the town of Ypres, where 500,000 soldiers were killed in five major battles in World War I. History "speaks about the vulnerability of men or of nations," he said. "Of men and of nations who, gripped by the dream of supremacy, can forget the best of themselves and resort to taking up arms to conquer other countries or to subject Whole nations to systems and ideologies" which conflict with human dignity and rights and "the right of the nations to an existence in freedom."
E on The pope said those who have resisted unjust aggression have done so "not in order to respond to violence with violence, not hate with hate, but to claim justice and freedom for themselves and for others, yes, even for the children of those who were then the oppressors." He said those who "possess a sense of reality and love for true freedom and dignity of individuals and of nations, are thus convinced of the legitimacy of the right to defend oneself against an unjust aggressor." But the pope also urged efforts for peace and told people they had to do more than talk. "Peace is no longer a question to be dealt with rhetorically, by merely using easy and unilateral slogans," he said. "Deep convictions and total commitment are necessary; a simple sentimentalism does not suffice Determined work for peace must go hand in hand with clear insights, and this task is not always easy when confronted with so many diverging interests."
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The pope made his remarks in the presBishop of ence Joannes ter Schure, whose February 2 consecration as bishop of Hertogenbosch 's brought an outcry from those who saw carefully and prayed. And I the appointment as appointed the person before one more attempt to God whom I thought most suitable for the job. bring the Church with "Accept him, for the sake of a liberal reputation the love of Christ, as someone among you who represunder control.
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D OD John Paul also told Dutch basic Christian communities they must remain within the parish structure. "The danger is these communities regard themselves
Reasons feminist was barred
AMSTERDAM: During his press conference, Cardinal Simonis said feminist theologian Catharina Halkes had been prohibited from speaking at a papal meeting because of her outspokenness and controversial views. "We did not want speeches to lead to more decisions," he said. Ms. Halkes, professor of feminism and Christianity
at the Catholic University of Nijmegen, Netherlands, is a proponent of a female priesthood. She also wanted the bishops to arrange a spontaneous, round-table discussion with the pope on
the emancipation of women in the Church rather than the standard format of an e xchange of prepared speeches.
The decision to bar Ms. Halkes, however, was not a unanimous one by the heirarchy. Bishop Ronald Philippus Bar of Rotterdam called the exclusion an "unfortunate thing." 'Since these divisions and oppositions in our Church are a reality and since the pope and Curia are aware of the situation, why should we — as the speeches are already written — refuse persons to pronounce the speeches," he said.
THE HAGUE: The pope also heard words of concern about relations between Rome and the Netherlands from Prime Minister, Ruud Lubbers. "To be quite frank," said Mr Lubbers, "simply the word Rome makes some people uneasy if not downright suspicious. "However, I imagine from R ome, the Netherlands seems no less distant and provokes an equal amount of concern. "The similarity of impressions and approaches gives rise, in my view, to a task to build bridges and to restore confidence." Mr Cubbers said.
THE HAGUE: The pope noted the decreasing numbers of young people entering religious life in the country. In 1983, 21 women entered the convent in the Netherlands. Of that number, 15 entered the cloister. He told the men and women Religious decline in vocations was their fault. "The crisis of vocations is not in the first instance because of a lack of generosity of spirit among young people," the pope said. "It is rather that people no longer see sufficiently in religious life a prophetic sign of the presence of God."
President Dr Patrick Hillery, president of Ireland, concludes a two week State visit to Australia with a twoday stopover in Perth that includes Mass in St Mary's Cathedral. Archbishop Foley will celebrate solemn Mass at 11.30 am on Sunday, June 9 and priests are welcome to concelebrate. Protocol allows Heads of State to attend Mass at a special kneeler in the sanctuary on such occasions.
0 0 0 YPRES: The pope's first stop after leaving the heliport was at the Menen Gate, a monument built by the British to honour almost 60,000 missing British soldiers. The pope stood solemnly before the list of names as six soldiers bugled the Last Post, the mournful British army curfew call. Nightly, Belgian buglers sound the refrain for the British who died defending Belgium.
UTRECHT (Netherlands) (NC): Pope John Paul II zeroed in on one of the chief sore spots in the Dutch Church, his appointment of bishops, almost as soon as he arrived in the country. "The pope attempts to understand the life of the local Church in the appointment of every bishop," he said at a vespers service at St John's Cathedral in 's Hertogenbosch. "Must he explain his choice? Discretion does not permit him to do so."
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Dr Hillery, 62, practised medecine before entering the Irish Parliament in 1951, His wife is also a doctor and practised in her own right and with her husband until he became Minister for Education in 1959. He subsequently held the portfolios for industry and commerce, labour and foreign affairs. In 1973 he became a member and later vice president of the Commission of European Communities. He played a significant role in Ireland's entering the European Economic Community.
aims in on sore spot as the only form of churchliness. "They run the risk of splitting off into small groups and setting themselves against what they refer to as the institutional church, the fx)pe said. -These communities cannot offer themselves as alternatives to parishes. They, as much as any other Christian group, have the duty of being prepared to serve the parish and the diocesan church. They must form an integral part of the parish and diocese." he said.
CI El The pope was criticising a I 5-year-old movement in the Netherlands in which small groups of people gather for Bible reading and reflections on what Scripture means in their lives. Currently, there are about 55 such groups in the Netherlands. Most form part of a parish and members attend Mass at their parish. But these communities are also in loose association with others which began as Catholic groups and now are outside the institutional structure. Some include Protestant members and allow lay people to perform liturgical celebrations. The communities began around 1970 as an effort to give local Catholic groups more autonomy in liturgy, understanding of the Scrip-
tures and choice of leaders. Some quickly came into conflict with the bishops. The Student Church of Amsterdam, for example retained a married ex-priest, despite the opposition of Church authorities, and lost its approval as a Catholic organisation. The pope told a Dutch Reformed spokesman he wanted -women to play their full part" but said this did not include ordination. He said to call for ordaining women was to focus on differences in understanding what ordination means. The pope said his reasons for opposing ordination of women included "the example of the Lord, the witness of Holy Scripture and a tradition of nearly 2,000 years."
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Hands reach out to greet Pope Paul John II, who visited the sick and handicapped people in a hospital in the Dutch capital, The Hague.
Dutch visit 'a duty' AMSTERDAM: Despite apparent efforts by Dutch Church officials to shield the pope from unpleasant confrontation, the pope alluded to his troubles with the people known for a blunt forthrightness. "I very much appreciate you professing the close attachment of Dutch Catholics to R ome," the pope replied, when he responded to the airport greeting of Cardinal Simonis. 'This attachment is deeper from an account of the contemporary history of the Dutch Church." "I was invited,- he said to the Vatican press corps during the flight from Rome,
explaining why he made the trip despite protests. It is my duty." He also said the protests did not bother him. 'They are accustomed to protests," he said about the Dutch. "Almost everyone has been contested,- he added. "St Paul, Jesus Christ. The pope also said problems are not unique to the Netherlands. 'There are problems everywhere," he said. "In Holland, there are Holland's problems. "In the United States, there are the United States' problems,- he said. There was no undue concern to the pope's security — at least from the Vatican's perspective, a spokesman said.
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He became president of Ireland in 1976 and was reappointed in 1983. In announcing President Hillery's visit, the Irish Ambassador to Australia, Mr Small said: 'The visit assumes a particular significance due to the fact that up to one-third of the Australian population is of Irish descent, making Australia arguably the most Irish country in the world outside of Ireland itself. "Indeed, from the beginning of European settlement here, the contribution of the Irish towards the development of Australia, its institutions, its identity, and the very character of its people has been enormous by any standard. 'The Irish influence has been particularly strong in the fields of government and politics, public administration, education, law, the churches, medicine and health care, literature, the arts and sport. "At present, well over half the current federal government are of Irish descent, as are three of the six state premiers,- Mr Small said.
(NC): About 30,000 persons — "a LUXEMBOURG With tall stacks belching disappointing number," smoke behind him, Pope organisers said — attended John Paul II praised the the Mass, celebrated in front value of work, but warned of a gate of the ARBED Co.'s Luxembourg workers that Esch-Belval Steelworks. The pope prayed at an altar man's recent accomplishments have sometimes failed made of gold-painted steel, created by workers at society. another Luxembourg steel At a Mass at a foundry in factory Esch, the "City of Iron" On one side of the altar, City of Luxemoutside the tall, rusted iron girders bourg, man "is increasing formed a cross. the number of armaments in frightening proportions." On the other side was a said the pope, who as a huge transformer. young man worked at the While the pope celebrated Steelworks in Mass, trucks transported Solvay raw materials to secondCracow, Poland. shift workers. Looking out at the mounds After the Mass, the pope of slag, the waste of steel donned a hardhat and safety production, before him, the glasses to visit a huge blast pope said that "in subduing furnace, atop of which the the earth," man "degrades gold and white papal flag and disfigures it and wastes few in the evening's acrid its resources." air.
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When he went to the University of WA after having won an Education Department bursary, Michael Gurry's main ambition was to train as a teacher of physics which had been his best subject at school. To then, mathematics had been of relatively minor interest, chiefly notable because of its involvement in physics. But at the university the segments of mathethat had matics appeared disconnected at school suddenly clicked together to make an absorbing whole. Physics was relegated to second place in what was not even a photo finish. In the mandatory practice sessions at various schools, Michael enjoyed the teaching but was irked by the distraction of having to maintain order in the classroom. Being a dominie, he decided, was not for him. Surely there were other horizons for a young man with a mathematics degree. One appeared in the form of the AMP Society, which he joined as a trainee actuary. In the western world there were only two actuarial training institutions whose graduates were granted full recognition — one was in London and the other in Scotland — so students outside those places had to study by correspondence
First, however, one had to study for and pass an entrance examination. Michael was the first Western Australian to pass this examination at the initial attempt. He had studied a number of units when the parting of the ways came with the AMP Society. IBM made him an excellent offer when he responded to one of their advertisements and he joined the company in Perth in 1971. For many months there was extensive training larded with practical experience. "IBM sells its products and services to a tremendous variety of businesses," Michael says, "and we are always on the look -out for new clients. "So we have not only to study the requirements of existing customers but also those of non-clients who we may be able to serve. "A deep understanding of the business of a client or prospective client is essential. "In this regard, during my training, I became closely acquainted with the workings of institutions such as the R and I Bank and various government departments. 'The continuous challenge and problem-solving has certainly held my interest in the 14 years that I have been with IBM." IN 1980 Michael was transferred to Sydney to take up the post of the company's software manager for Australia. In a year he had succeeded in creating the structure for the management of IBM's software operations throughout the country.
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Michael Anthony Curry, WA manager of IBM Australia Ltd, was born in Adelaide on November 23, 1946. He was educated at the Sacred Heart primary school at Highgate, St Columba's convent at South Perth, CBC Terrace, Aquinas College, the Christian Brothers
Juniorate at Bundoora in Victoria, St Charles' Seminary at Guildford and the University of WA from which he graduated in 1967 with a B.Sc. degree in pure mathematics and statistics. He was a trainee actuary with the AMP Society in Perth before joining IBM in 1971.
In 1980 he went to Sydney, first as the company's software manager for Australia and then manager of strategic development. He spent 1982 training in New York under the IBM management acceleration program and in 1983 was made the company's WA marketing manager, public sector. He was
appointed IBM state manager in August, 1984. Michael and his wife Judie (nee Hickey), Maida Vale parishioners, have a son and three daughters aged from 14 to two years. Michael is on the board of the P and F at Mary's Mount, Kalamunda.
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A regular feature By BOB BOYLE Unlike Alexander the Great, however, he had other worlds to conquer. In 1981 he was made national manager of product structure, a position involving a multitude of responsibilities. As a grab sample, some of the questions to which he had to find answers were. What products should we release in Australia? Are we organised to support these products? — there were many more. He must have found the right answers because at the end of 1981 he was invited to go to New York for a year to undertake the IBM management acceleration program, a course restricted to a dozen of the company's bright young executives from throughout the world. So 1982 proved to be another interesting year for the Gurrys and their children. It included a lot of educational courses, learning within IBM, discussions with all the senior executives and the completion of assignments in various areas of the company's operations.
ODD The family lived in Greenwich, Connecticut, and here a number of facts were made plain to them. The schools, for instance, had far more facilities than those to be found in Australian schools. The differences between the seasons of the year were a lot clearer — the snow and cold of winter, the lush beauty of spring, the heat of summer and the arboreal splendour of autumn. The choice of article and the range of price available to shoppers was staggering. Items such as clothing, most foods, cars and petrol were substantially cheaper than they are here, but meat was more expensive and its quality not as good
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The area of Greenwich in which they lived embraced a cosmopolitan society There were Indonesians, Scots, Canadians, Colombians and other races represented. People from all parts of the world were on Michael's course and they and their families did a lot of socialising with the Gurrys. There was a lot of travel to and from places as far apart as Florida and Canada. This brought home at least one clear conclusion.
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ECICI In the south the blacks were looked on as second-class citizens, but the further north you went the greater was the tendency for a man to be evaluated for what he was and not for the colour of his skin. All very interesting and enjoyable, the Gurrys agreed, but there seemed to be a general sense of insecurity --almost imperceptible — but real. In any event, they would rather bring their children up in WA IBM, Michael says, has found business to be very strong in WA and growing all the time. The company has recently recruited 30 additional people, bringing its staff to nearly 200.
EDO Far more small computers, particularly personal computers, were selling now than was the caseonly a few years ago. People were now more computer -conscious, especially on behalf of their children. In real terms computers were getting cheaper all the time and this downward price trend would continue.
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HELEN CROSBY, Osborne Park SIR: Nothing of Karen Talbot's (The Record, May 23) true impression of the pilgrimage as a whole was printed and the strap-line "Mixed Success in Tour" was very misleading and has upset those I spoke to, including Karen. Our total togetherness for five or so weeks on our very busy schedule promoted a real spirit of caring for each other as brothers and sisters as we celebrated many a quiet and joyful eucharist, often weary after a long day's travelling from one Pallottine centre to another. After already three weeks of tremendous experiences first in Victoria, then in Rome and Switzerland we weren't quite up to Taize's harshness in this beautifully remote part of the French countryside. We admit that because of our already busy schedule, Taize had to be squashed into a quick two day visit. We were going to Taize under totally different circumstances to all the other young pilgrims there. They flock there eager to share the message of the prayerful community of brothers. They leave their homes, travel directly to Taize for a from
Forum critic week's contemplative prayer and penance and then return to their homes and workplaces refreshed by this wonderful experience of the communion of Christ's Church. We could only touch on the spirit of this unique place in two days. The spirit of Vincent Pallotti
It's not a tour in Rome, meeting our beloved pope and tasting the life and culture of many different lands through the people, young students, priests and brothers who so warmly greeted us at each stop where we made many friends has left a marked impression on all of us.
from KAREN TALBOT Mirrabooka SIR: I wish to thank Father Pat Jackson and Riverton parish for sending us on the pilgrimage which contrary to the title 'Mixed Success in Tour' (The Record, May 23) we all enjoyed and found most enlightening. The misleading title has prompted me to express on behalf of everyone on the pilgrimage that it was not a 'mixed' but a total success. FATHER JEGOROW: Headlines are not my choice, but the sub-editor's. Although I referred to a pilgrimage in the story, I have some sympathy for a sub-editor who has to choose between a word of four letters and 10 letters in a tight space. My report was not attempting to cover the entire journey, but was the result of Karen's remarks on Taize which struck me as a revelation of young Australian attitudes. I would have thought the culture-clash in Taize was good news to the young Australians — it's the one thing they will remember and make them think.
from FATHER JOHN LUEMMEN, Riverton SIR: Did Father Jegorow's report of the experience of Karen Talbot (The Record, May 23) pilgrimage — not "tour" — justify the strap-line "Mixed Success in Tour"? It was meant to be a pilgrimage for youth to see and meet other youth of the world. How delighted the participants were at all other places as in Switzerland, Germany, Black Forest, Rhine Valley and Sauerland or even London of which nothing is said. Why should Taize, the mecca for young people — as Father Jegorow calls it — not be included in a youth pilgrimage to Europe? And why should the difficulties experienced at Taize by some Australians render the whole pilgrimage a mixed success? Father Jegorovv seems to have gone modern to pick out the bad news, forgetting many wonderful things they enjoyed and shared. Certainly the Pallottine pilgrims did.
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Briefs: nBOMBAY: India's Catholic bishops' L_Jplan an "extensive survey" of discrimination by state governments against members of the country's "old untouchable" class who convert to Christianity. The bishops said the converts, many of them Catholics, are "discriminated against and denied welfare measures" available to their counterparts of other faiths "just because they are Christians." The converts are denied the aid on the excuse Christians do no practice the caste system, they said. The bishops plan to gather material for a "representation- on behalf of the converts to ask the central government to end the discrimination. The bishops described what they called the "sad plight" of the converts, estimated to number 10 million. Most Indian state governments reclassify converted untouchables into a group called backward classes, which makes them ineligible for the aid programs. The bishops said although the Church does not recognise the caste system. Indian converts continue to live "in their social milieu as in the past." A change in religion does not change their "socio-economic condition- and they are "at a disadvantage- because of government discrimination, the bishops said.
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In a statement to the government, the bishops listed their expectations, including repeal of the Islamic Sharla law and Missionary Societies Act of 1962 and the establishment of a Department for Christian Affairs to foster and facilitate Christian activities.
The 15-year-old government of Sudan was overthrown on April 6 in a military coup, led by the defence minister, General Silwar el-Dahab. The takeover came after more than a week of demonstrations JERUSALEM (NC): The Francisand strikes, touched off by can magazine Terra Santa, pubincreased food prices and discontlished in Jerusalem, has criticised ent with the government of PresIsraeli authorities for neglecting ident Gaafar al-Nimeiry. the Cenacle, the building which is The bishops expressed "confithe traditional site of Jesus' Last in the ( transitional) governdence Supper on Mount Zion. ment's commitment to healing The magazine said windows at the wpunds of the past and to the site were broken, as well as the the Sudanese people in leading lock at the entrance, and a cement peace, justice and unity." wall closes one of the entrances. They said the imposi Daniel Rossing, an tion of the Islamic Israeli religious minislaw discrimiShari'a try official, admitted nated against non-Mosthe Cenacle site has lem Sudanese "and been long neglected. them deprives of freeHowever, he said he dom of conscience, had asked an architect which is one of the to submit plans for the principal freedoms renovation of the site. guaranteed, promoted The Cenacle is one of the defended and by the holiest places of ChristianLOS ANGELES (NC) — constitution." ity.
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Crusaders erected a hall at the site over the tomb of King David. The tomb is venerated by the Jews. Adjacent to the hall is a small room, where according to tradition the Holy Spirit descended onto the disciples at Pentecost. In the 16th century, Moslems took over the site, and no Christian was permitted to enter it during the Islamic reign. Only when Israel conquered Mount Zion in 1948 were Christians permitted to enter the premises. The Israeli government took responsibility for the Cenacle. On Ascension Thursday and Pentecost, religious ceremonies are permitted in the hall. On all other days, the Cenacle is a place of silent prayer.
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tinder the previous government, the bishops said, Christians and Christianity were "abused, insulted and misrepresented on radio, television, in the press and in rally gatherings — even by the president himself. "Such actions create ill feeling and discontent in those thus treated," "They marginate Christian citizens and undermine the unity of the country. Since respect for people's religion in one of the fundamental human rights, we strongly petition the government to abstain from the acts mentioned above and to prevent anybody else from indulging in them."
V ATICAN CITY (NC) — Pope John Paul II has said despite the low number of vocations to the religious life, many young people still want to dedicate themselves to helping others. " Notwithstanding today's difficulty," the pope said, noting the low level of vocations in Europe, "in general, one notices the presence of open and available youths r eady — to give and dedicate themselves to selfless service ."
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A greement reached on Maltese schools VALETTA: The Catholic Church and the Maltese government have reached a compromise ending the bitter dispute over the financing and regulation of Church schools on the Mediterranean islandnation. The agreement will prohibit the Church from charging fees for its secondary schools, but allows it to organise general collections for education purposes. The government also has agreed to contribute to the support of the island's schools, thus making up some of the revenues lost through the dropping of the fees. The issue of school financing came to a head last year after Malta's Parliament passed a law forbidding Catholic schools from charging tuition or fees. Church leaders resisted the change, kept schools closed for some time, then agreed not to charge fees
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I am issuing a call. I want more young men to consider sharing the priesthood with me and Boff ideas defended my brother priests. "The Church faces major questions that are sources of anguish today with mankind — the family, lifestyles, culture, peace and war, economics and justice," the cardinal said.
BRASIUA: The Vatican silencing of Franciscan Father Leonardo Boff was "surprising" and "curious" in light of the Brazilian theologian's humble acceptance of earlier criticism, said Cardinal Paulo Evaristo Arns of Sao Paulo, Brazil. A fellow Franciscan, former teacher and longtime friend of Father Boff, Cardinal Arnstold the Catholic journalists "For me it was a really surprising measure to punish
a man who accepted everything friendly and humbly from the Holy See.The cardinal said it would be like having a child do well in studies and then saying, "you can't go to the football game." "I think it is against (his) fundamental rights," the cardinal said. "I never had such a suffering," said Cardinal Arns. "It is the first time in my life such a thing has happened in my Church."
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A child who is five years old today will turn 21 in the year 2001. If that child's parents are like many others, they know that during the next 16 years they will be doing what parents always have done — loving and nurturing a unique human person. Undoubtedly they also suspect the challenges they encounter will be uniquely coloured by our times. On the plus side, the parents may sense that helping to prepare a child for adulthood in the 21st century could prove fascinating, offering them the opportunity to learn new things right along with their child. But the parents also know that during the next 16 years their child must learn how to make decisions based on values even when their peer group doesn't support them much. And the child must beat a path around the drug culture, which was not such a problem in the parents' youth. I could cite many reasons why parents feel the challenges they face are new and different today: • The so-called "age of mobility" can exact a price from parents. Living far from most relatives means there may be moments — emergencies and minor emergencies — when you don't know where to turn for advice or assistance. • Living in an age of psychology is another factor. Parents may feel that in light of the new science of psychology, more is required today in terms of relating to each child. Where, they may ask, can people learn more about being a good parent? • The so-called "age of information" causes many parents to ask what it means to be a late-20thcentury guide for children. They may ask: What kind of education do children need in the computer age? • Finally, many parents realise how much rests on their shoulders when it comes to communicating values to children helping children learn to serve others, to respect life's dignity in all people, to view sexuality responsibly, to love God.
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In light of similar considerations, a Baptist educator, Margaret M. Swain, wrote in a book titled "Parish Religious Education" (Paulist): "If families are to be oases of strength and security, they need support from the wider community. This is generally not forthcoming in today's society, particularly in suburbia." Even so, not all parents rank parenthood among their most bewildering tasks. In a parish r enewal group recently, a father of two teen-agers told how much at peace he felt about his parenting role. He said he couldn't identify with the apprehensions voiced by some other parents in the group — that his real questions were in other areas.
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Recently a worried mother approached Sister of St Joseph Dolores Clerico, concerned about her teenager's preoccupation with bicycling. He spent so much time racing and training for races, the mother reported, that he had no other social life. "Is this normal?" she asked. That question is typical of concerns parents bring to family ministers, Sister Clerico said. She is the assistant director of a Family Life Office. Parents today need a lot of "reassuring that what they're going through is normal," Sister Clerico said. Many parents don't fully "trust their ability" or "they feel that what they're doing isn't good enough." She explained that an important goal of family ministry is to set up a process to help families and parents "to share their strengths and limitations with others" who share similar experiences and values.
VA!.. Sister Clerico added that the diocese consistently gets calls from parishes for help in serving parents. In response to those calls, the diocese has developed some programs. • There's a great need to suppot new parents," Sister Clerico commented. Many mothers are older now and are accustomed to the independence and intellectual stimulation of working. If they're home full time, many miss that stimulation. In one parish she knows of, a group was started at the initiative of two new mothers. In other parishes staff persons organise the groups. Sister Clerico explained that the main function of the groups is support — allowing new parents to share what
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they're going through and to receive information on parenting. The diocese makes available film strips and packaged programs for new parent groups to use, such as "Family," Father John Powell's three-week video series (Argus Communications, Allen, Texas). Another program the diocese sponsors is the Systematic Training for Effective Parenting program authored by Don Dinkmeyer and Gary McKay (American Guidance Service, Circle Pines, Minn.). This nine-week educational series also known as STEP includes lectures, discussions and activities, Sister Clerico said. STEP aims at building up skills for parents and at finding ways for parents to "relate more effectively with their children," she added. The diocese makes available trained volunteers to direct the program.
What was family life like in Old Testament times? For centuries family life in Israel was regulated by a fixed, rigid code. It reflected the general culture of the times, which was strongly patriarchal. The father wielded unquestioned authority and assumed ultimate responsibility. This was understandable in an age when physical prowess determined success and security. Inevitably such a system produced its share of unfeeling authoritarians. In the main, however, families enjoyed peace and happiFamily ness. members respected and loved each other.
His attitude was different from that of another father in my parish who once referred to child rearing as a "crap shoot." It was a telling comment. Parents in every past age must have felt that they faced new questions not faced by their own parents before them. "Parenting is changing in form and function all the time," wrote Mary Jane Saia and Judith M. Boyle, two New Jersey educators, in a chapter they contributed to a 1983 adult education resource titled "Christian Adulthood" (U.S. Catholic Conference). "In truth, there has never been a prolonged period of stability in parenthood," the two educators wrote. Perhaps there never were any definitive models for parents to emulate, they added.
"Support for parents by parishes is absolutely crucial today," Joe Michael Feist is told in an interview with Father Steven Preister, founder of the National Centre for Family Studies at The Catholic University of America. Lack of extended families, the large number of families
where both parents work, the number of children being raised in single parent families — these are among reasons why this support is so necessary, Feist indicates. Family life in the ancient Hebrew world was based on a stable society where men ruled the home and wives were valued for their fruitfulness, especially their ability to produce sons, writes Father John Castelot. Still, love was the predominant characteristic of these Israelite homes, he notes.
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Until their oldest daughter became a teenager, family life for the O'Neils meant that their children three "did their thing and we did ours," explained John O'Neil of Perth, Western Australia. I met O'Neil and his wife JoAnn in Jerusalem during a recent trip there. O'Neil, who teaches computer science to students of WAIT, had been an enthusiastic glider pilot in his leisure hours. Now a teacher-librarian, Mrs O'Neil's pet project back then was scouting. "The older two children were almost
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A t Fort Defiance, a Navajo father tenderly lifts his six-week-old son. Parents may sense that helping a child toward 21st century adulthood could prove fascinating, offering them an opportunity to learn new things right along with their child. But parents also know their child must learn how to make decisions based on values. — (NC photo by Mimi Forsyth)
The wife's value was seen primarily in her fruitfulness, especially in giving birth to sons. Sons made up the work force in an unmechanised agricultural society, and they assured defence against outside interference. But the wife was loved as a person in her own right, es-en if she happened to be sterile. There is a moving scripture passage where Elcanah consoles his wife, Hannah, disconsolate over her inability to give him a son. "Her husband Elcanah used to ask her: "Hannah, why do you weep, and why do you refuse to eat? Why do you grieve? Am I not more to you than 10 sons?" (1 Samuel 1:8)
Reflect general culture By Father John Castelot So precious was the love of a mother for 'her children that Isaiah compared it to God's love for his people: "Can a mother forget her infant, be without tenderness for the child of her womb? Even should she forget, I will never forget you" (Isiah
49:15). And so esteemed was the love of man and wife that the prophets did not hesitate to use it as a figure for the love which united God to Israel: "I will espouse you to me forever: I will espouse you in right and in justice, in love and in mercy; twill espouse you in fidelity, and you shall know the Lord" (Hosea 2:21-22). Parents bore responsibility for the wise and prudent rearing of their children And it is important to note that discipline flowed from genuine love. Fathers loved their sons, who loved them in return. David's grief at the death of Absalom is heart -wrenching: "My
son Absalom! My son, my son!" ( 2 Samuel 19:5). Daughters too were cherished, loved, protected. "A daughter is a treasure that keeps her father wakeful, and worry over her drives away rest; lest she pass her prime unmarried, or when she is married, lest she be disliked" (Sirach 42:9). Again, this concern was evidence of a deep love. Recall the desperate plea Jairus made to Jesus: "My little daughter is critically ill. Please come and lay your hands on her that she may get well and live" (Mark 5:24). Mutually accepted order, discipline, respect and love, peace, security — these qualities marked families which lived according to the Law. RESOURCE "Parents Talk Love: The Catholic Family Handbook About Sexuality" by Susan Sullivan and Father Matthew Kawiak. "Parents who encourage attitudes of respect, dignity and responsibility in sexual relationships give their children a precious gift," the authors write in -this information-packed book.
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Their older son, now 22, was insecure, possibly because "we built an inferiority complex into him," Mrs O'Neil suggested. "We always told him how he could do better and never told him that what he did was good." Ruefully, O'Neil said that he and his wife ran their family "like the army." Mrs O'Neil added, "We communication had problems" with each other and with the children. Them in the mid1970s, the couple made their first Marriage Encounter. This experience was a turning point.
MNego %b./R4 Marriage Encounter impelled the O'Neils to take a close look at their relationship as husband and wife and at their role as parents. The experience became a catalyst for changing the way family members related to each other. "At Marriage Encounter we learned the best thing we could do for our children was to love each other and show it. This solidifies a family and gives children a better example of what marriage is than preaching," O'Neil said. also couple The decided to be more openly affectionate with their children, O'Neil said. But it wasn't easy for him: "I'm not a demonstrative person. Kissing teen-age sons was hard."
Mrs O'Neil agreed, explaining: "The first time I ever saw John cry was at Marriage Encounter — he was so much a man in control. I didn't know if he was happy or sad." We learned "to show children it's OK to cry, to show feelings," O'Neil said. For Mrs O'Neil, learning to listen was the difficult part. "I'm not a good listener so it was significant for me to learn to listen to John," she explained, "and for us to listen to the children, to treat them as human beings" worthy of respect.
Setting up guidelines for family life, the O'Neils said they tried "to work out boundaries together" as much as possible with the children. O'Neils also The worked at presenting a unified approach to their children. "Previously I'd say, 'Ask your mother,— O'Neil said. "Now our normal response is to deal with the children together." And that decision brought an unexpected fringe benefit. As parents, he reported, "we're not played off each other" any more. Part of the reason the O'Neils emigrated from the San Francisco Bay area to Western Australia in 1968 was "because we were looking for a climate conducive to raising our three children." It was a time of flower children and drug experimentation. But. O'Neil explained, "We always said we weren't running from something; we were going to a new life that was a bit slower. We went from two cars and 20 credit cards to no credit cards and for six months no car." he said. "Now we're back to two cars and three credit cards."
The O'Neils, parishioners at St Joseph Pignatelli Parish in Attadale, Western Australia. have been actively involved as leaders in presenting Marriage Encounter in their country. In 1980, they brought Engaged Encounter to Australia and today serve as the National Contact Couple for it. Over the years the O'Neils discovered how valuable a supportive Christian community can be. Mrs O'Neil remarked that she and her husband found a "tremendous support system" working as Encounter movement leaders. They also are part of a parish group "where we get together and talk things out,- she said. Such support is vital today, they said, because so much threatens family life.
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In a world where the word "natural" is used to sell everything from soup to sugar, it's not surprising it has also served to boost the popularity of family planning — natural family planning that is. A heightened health consciousness, says Ann O'Donnell, administrator at the Natural Family Planning Office, has served to bring more followers to the fold. The fact it really works keeps them there. "But to a large degree," says Ann, "we're still fighting 'rhythm' out there and we're still battling the "books'."
In this, the second part of a series on natural family planning the Record's, ROSLYN ROSS talks with Ann O'Donnell, administrator of the NFP office in Perth. She discusses how the ovulation method works, what it means to couples and how it is being taught. Men, she says, have proved to be enthusiastic supporters of the method. Next week, in the final part of our series, Roslyn talks to two young women, Margaret De Rossi and Christine Graves, both of whom have been using the ovulation method ever since their marriages some 12 years ago. It is a method that has enabled both to successfully and carefully plan their families and has also brought about a greater depth of communication with their husbands.
-Too many people still think 'natural family planning' still equals rhythm and it most certainly doesn't. "The so-called rhythm method, which involves counting days, has a very high risk rate and we try to dissuade people from using it. 'What we teach here is the ovulation method which involves mucus recognition and 'sympto-thermal', which is a combination of mucus and temperature -- and emphasis is on the word 'teach'," she said. "Our biggest battle is with the book. Any book setting out to teach natural family planning is a curse and we meet too many people who have unfortunately paid the price and been sadly disillusioned. 'What most people fail to recognise is the books are aimed at Couple X, and the approach is very general and broad — the truth is you need personal attention to make it work,- she said. And personal attention is what couples get when they attend the NFP Office and pay their $10 registration fee which goes to cover the cost of printed material provided. The office was set up 14 years ago and Ann has been involved from the beginning. There are now three qualified teachers and three trainees. All work on a volunteer basis. The NFP office also has two teachers in Bencubbin, two in Geraldton and one in Derby. The teachers complete 40 hours of lectures as part of a recommended course prepared by the Australian Council for Natural Family Planning. Co-ordinator for 10 years, Ann has been employed as full-time administrator since January. She is enthusiastic about the success of the office and says knowledge and expertise is increasing all the time. Much of her time is spent
'Natural' but it's never a soup A heightened health consciousness, says Ann O'Donnell, administrator at the Natural Family Planning Office, has served to bring more followers to the fold. The fact it really works keeps them there. "But to a large degree," says Ann, "we're still fighting 'rhythm' out there and we're still battling the 'books'."
speaking to groups and giving lecturers for high school students 'We talk to mixed classes and find we get a very good response," she said. 'The girls are keen to learn how their bodies work and we find the boys also take a serious and interested approach. "In fact the attitude of men is really fantastic to see. 'They are often the ones who ring to make an appointment and my experience has been they are taking more and more responsibility for contraception.
M N, "It is very much a method for couples and so their cooperation is vital, the fact they are enthusiastic as well makes it even better. ' Ann has used natural family planning for 17 years, with total success. She began, she says with a combination of mucus and temperature but as she gained confidence, came to rely on mucus alone. "Not everyone can do that though,- she said. "It depends very much upon how your body works and especially for women who
might be coming off the pill it is not reliable because there are just so many changes in the mucus. 'The fact of the matter is that we are all different and we need to be taught to understand ourselves. 'This is where the books cause so many problems. 'They make wonderful references but cannot be used as a sole guide. "For the method to work you need to be taught by an accredited teacher as a couple." It is 25 years, says Ann, since the mucus method was discovered but it has taken a long time to be accepted. "Probably because it requires no more than a little knowledge,- she said. "No doubt if it were a method that enabled someone to make a lot of money it would have been pushed harder. "As it is it is merely simple, healthy and needs nothing more than a thermometer and a little time. Even the thermometers are better than before. "It used to be you had to keep a thermometer in your mouth for five minutes each morning and that can be a bit hard when you are trying to
"It is very much a method for couples and so their co-operation is vital, the fact they are enthusiastic as well makes it even better." Ann has usednatural familyplanning for 17 years, with total success.
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cope with a couple of toddlers. 'We now have a digital version which tells your temperature in 45 seconds and beeps to say you are done," she smiled. These days natural family planning is a first choice and not a last, says Ann. "Not only is it cheap, it is healthy,- she adds. "And that means that it has appeal to a broad range of people, not just Catholics." Using the ovulation method of family planning the woman takes her temperature each morning and records it on a chart. "It becomes a way of life," Ann said. She is also taught mucus testing. All women have a cervical mucus pattern whenever they ovulate. Most of them will recognise and identify the symptom as soon as they hear a competent description of it.
It is never difficult to find among a group of women, several who have the capacity to impart their knowledge to others and to inspire confidence. Some women have thought the mucus is an abnormality, perhaps an infection and have sought treatment for it. In reality, says Ann, mucus testing can often pick up evidence of infection if it does exist and thus allow early treatment. When the mucus is present if frequently causes increased sexual inclination, and the woman may have concluded that the mucus has resulted from thinking about sexual activity.
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an erra directs support to NFP
The Australian Catholic Social C Welfare Commission has received significant increases in funding from the Australian Government for natural family planning services. The amount will increase from $ 200,000 annually to $ 350,000. The increase will help establish a national secretariat to cope with the rapid increase in natural family planning. In the year: • centres/clinics increased from 109 to 149. • persons engaged in services increased from 437 to 594. • clients increased from 6,347 to 11,147. • persons contacted increased from 19,332 to 61,510. • personal interviews increased from 20,100 to 28,465. "About half those seeking advice are not Catholics," says the Catholic Commission in a report. Making the latest contribution to NFP, the Federal Health Minister Dr Blewett said the Federal Government has been providing funds for Natural Family Planning since 1973.
from NICHOLAS KERR at the Bishops' conference
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In fact, any secretions which may accompany sexual intimacies are quite different from the cervical mucus and they are not a source of confusion. As soon as the woman understands that mucus is a normal, healthy accompaniment of ovulation, additional detail can be provided. "Usually we talk to the couple for half to threequarters of an hour on the first visit and then they have three follow-up appointments of about 15 or 20 minutes," Ann said. "If they are coming off the pill it might take us six months to get them to a stage where they and we feel confident and if they are trying to get pregnant and having problems it might take longer." Understanding the way her body works is a vital step in natural family planning for a woman and with adequate knowledge and the support of her husband she can attain a safety factor that rates equally with the pill One of the important signs is that mucus warns of the approach of ovulation and a particular change in the nature of the mucus occurs very close to the precise time of ovulation. A woman can easily recog-
nise this progress to what many have described as a "peak", when the mucus is clear, elastic and slippery, after which it becomes cloudy and tacky again. As this special sort of mucus occurs close to a peak level of certain chemicals (the oestrogens) in the system, it is appropriate to use the expression "the peak symptom". The study of the mucus symptom is important not only because of the information it gives about the approach of ovulation and its occurence, but because the mucus has an important role in facilitating conception by
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its effect upon the sperm cells. It is for this reason that all sexual contact is to be avoided when the mucus is present. Depending upon the length of the cycle a number of "dry days" will occur after the menstrual period. The dryness is followed by a gradual change with the onset of the mucus symptom. In some cases the onset of the mucus symptoms may be marked by a lump of cloudy mucus which has been resting like a plug in the neck of the womb.
Women must be warned that this plug if it is noticed, is not the peak symptom, but rather The beginning of the mucus symptom. This is why personal attention is so important, Ann adds, in helping women to recognise the individuality of their own bodies. Recognising the peak symp torn, which is the time of maximum fertility is vital information for those women who do not wish to become pregnant and even more important for those who have difficulty in achieving pregnancy.
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As soon as the woman understands that mucus is a normal, healthy accompaniment of ovulation, additional detail can be provided. "Usually we talk to the couple for half to three quarters of an hour on the first visit and then they have three follow-up appointments of about 15 or 20 minutes," Ann said.
—The NFP provides an excellent Paul Keating education and information ning associations which service for a significant already receive Commonnumber of Australian families, wealth funding for these type Catholic and non-Catholic, of services," he said. and has therefore received "The Australian Federation of Government support for many Family Planning Associations years," he said. at present receives moneys for "However, because of the increastheir national secretariat. ing numbers of Natural Family "State and Territory Family PlanPlanning centres, and the ning Associations are funded increasing number of clients, for clinical and counselling there now is a need to establish services, as well as for educaa national secretariat, to maintion and training." tain the present range of servi- Dr Blewett said the grant brought ces and increase their scope to almost $1 million the and quality." amount to be provided this Dr Blewett said part of the grant year under the Family Planning will go towards payment of the Program. staff employed in NFP coun- He said an additional $5.5 million selling. was provided through health At the moment many of the staff program grants for payment of work on a voluntary basis. doctors, nurses, and other —This brings Natural Family Planhealth professionals employed ning closer into line with other by family planning associanon-Government family plantions.
AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC SOCIAL WELFARE COMMISSION
NATIONAL COORDINATOR NATURAL FAMILY PLANNING The National Co-ordinator will be responsible to the Natural Family Planning Committee of the Commission to ensure that Natural Family Planning (NFP) services in Australia meet the growing demand for such services; work with the major NFP organisations in Australia; maintain close contact with government authorities at federal and state level. Qualifications: Demonstrated administrative skills particularly in minute taking, report writing, budget preparation, statistical analysis and interpersonal relationships. A knowledge of all natural family planning methods is an essential attribute, and a commitment to expand NFP services is essential. Position will be based in Canberra and will be negotiated on a 12-month basis. Salary: The equivalent full-year salary will be in range of $25,000 to $31,000 dependent on formal qualifications and experience. Applications will close on 7 June, 1985 and all enquiries on the position should be addressed to Rev. K.J. Caldwell, Australian Catholic Social Welfare Commission, 22 Theodore Street, Curtin, A.C.T. 2605, phone 062-851366.
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With grateful FRANCIS, John. Died contact with Cursillo 14 years for favours peacefully on Wednesday ELECTRICAL: For all t hanks ago when she was a religious 22nd May, 1985 husband types of electrical work received. MT. co-ordinator in school and of Eileen much loved (dec), May the Most Sacred phone 335 2277. Veronica hoped to use it in her work, of Heart of Jesus be praised father but the weekly reunions STEELWORK: All types and glorified throughout (Dymond) father-in-law of of steel gates and balus- the world now and forever Peter, grandfather of gave me an additional Christrades, mig welding and arc Amen. Thank you Most Richard, Helen, Mark and tian meaning to my life.'" welding. Phone 335 2277. S acred Heart and Our Andrew. Sister Patricia is visiting Blessed Mother for Sincere thanks to the staff of Ward 3 R PR H Shenton Perth, one of the 14 dioceses ACCOMMODATION favours received. MT. Many thanks to the holy Park, Fr John Jegorow, Fr in all states except SA and NT AVAILABLE spirit for prayers answered Sean Bredin, 0. Cam, Fr that have the movement John Chokolich, Fr Pat Holiday House in Wembley for employment. Teresa. Russell, Fr Kevin Davine, which began in Spain in overlooking Lake Monger, 1949 and came to Australia Holy Saint Jude apostle OMI and all who shared 5 mins from city, sleeps up 0 their love with Dad. His 20 years ago, first to Armida le nence and it is in the weekly great in virtue, and martyr, to six, linen, crokery, etc, miracles! Near funeral took place at Guild- University in NSW where it reunions that the real Chrisfully furnished, long or and rich in kinsman of Jesus Christ, ford cemetery on Friday no longer exists. short term. 450 5301. tian growth takes place. faithful intercessor of all 24th May, 1985 after One difference Cursillo 'We need the support of Holy Requiem Mass at who invoke your special made to her teaching, says other Christians if we are patron in time of need. To Family Church, KalaSITUATIONS you I have cause from the munda. May he rest in Sister Patricia, was to take a going to live our lives to the *ANTED new Christian view of the f ullest." depth of my heart and peace. travellers who use to be the H ANDYMAN: Garden- humbly beg you to whom She is not worried that bane of her school life. ing, remove rubbish, small God has given such great Cursillo is just one of many ITUATIONS S painting jobs, clean power to come to my assist"It made me more constant movements that have sprung houses, discount portraits ance. Help me now in my Home Help Elderly couple in my parish visitation and in up in the Church for lay of customers available. present and urgent need in Applecross require preppeople Contact 339 6108 before and grant my earnest peti- aration of one meal daily my life as a religious." 7.30am or P.O. Box 70, tion. In return I promise to — 5 days each week and There has been a gradual "There are many different make your name known Palmyra, 6157. other home assist- change in Cursillo, she says. types of people and movesome be for and cause you to UPHOLSTERER ance if possible. Phone Many of the people in it 14 ments to suit all If we all repairs and recovering invoked. Say three Our 330 4734 or (098) 895017. years ago had not caught up went to Cursillo, or all to Fathers, Hail Marys and work. Kitchen chairs etc. with Vatican II and were not Charismatic Renewal, someGlorias. St Jude pray for Ph 341 3995. involved in the Church. The PERSONAL all who honour and invoke thing would be the matter" Man 35 partially sighted your aid. Publication must weekend was a knowledge seeks employment. Will be promised. This novena Catholic lady, widow, Sister Patricia likes Cursillo experience as well as an consider anything. Reply never fails In faith and early 60s, would like to because of the type of people cornexperience of Christian Hopeful this office. meet a gent for friendship. she meets there. She admits love. VJS. My interests are movies, munity. Photography: I am giving that the movement tends to Now the weekends are a each of my customers a $20 Holy Spirit You who solve dancing, outings. Reply be in the middle class segcommunity expeChristian office. this gift voucher for group all problems, light all "Julie" ment and there has been photography on parties, roads so that I can attain much discussion on how to birthdays, reunions, wed- my goal. You gave me the make the appeal of Cursillo dings. By using this divine gift to forgive and be felt more widely. voucher you must order a forget all evil against me. I minimum of 70 colour want in this short prayer to prints at $2.50 each which thank you for all things as includes processing and I confirm once again that film. Send this advert to I never want to be separLittle Smith Services PO ated from you ever, in spite Box 70 Palmyra 6157 to of all material illusions. I get this special offer. For wish to be with you in A few women will feel eternal glory. Thank you country people too. of their ability to use doubtful Printogramme, unique for your mercy towards me method successfully. the and mine. Thank you have now can you and Some will say that they have prints with your message Sacred Heart and St Jude. a continuous mucus and for all occasions. Be the M.W. others will say they have first in this unique printo- Most Sacred Heart of gramme with your mes- Jesus may your name be none at all. sage. 339 6108 before 8am praised and glorified In these cases, says Ann, or write to PO Box 70 throughout the world now success will follow if the Palmyra 6157. and forever. Say nine times woman is taught to make a for nine consecutive days. daily record. TO LET Many thanks, M.J.P. It is the dry days which are In grateful thanks St Jude the safe days and during CLAREMONT In beauti- for prayer answered. on breast feeding, during long ful street, share 3 bedrm, 2 DGC. irregular cycles, when giving bathrm furnished house St Jude — thanks for with 2 young professional favour received. AQ. up contraceptive medication women. Own bedrm, and when approaching menoFr John PAWLIKOWSKI O.S.M. shower and toilet $35 per Novena to the Holy (Chicago Theological Union) pause, the rules are always Spirit: Holy Spirit, you wk. Ph S. Pye office at the the same. 383 3333 home 382 2769. who solve all problems Catholic Pastoral Institute If any "dry days- occur light all roads so that I can attain my goal. You between the period and the Ruislip 52 St., Leederville FOR SALE gave me the divine gift to on time of ovulation, these days POSTER PRINTS: Now forgive and forget all evil are safe for intercourse. 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unlikely unless new labour m arket policies are adopted. "Effective marshalling of our national resources is a vital necessity." This problem cannot be solved by Governments simply throwing money at
• The unskilled, or less educated. • The specialists in skills which become redundant. • Ethnic groups with language, cultural or other barriers. • Recent arrivals. • Handicapped people. "Given that the future will be dependent upon today's youth, the disastrous situation of youth unemployment, still running at 23 per cent is symptomatic of major ill health in the Australian economy. "Growth in full-time jobs
"The present level of direct taxation, combined with large debt structures in both the private and public sectors, are major factors inhibiting initiative and retarding job creation," it says. "The need is to reduce unnecessary cost burdens and risks involved in establishment of additional e nterprise by entrepreneurs. "This should be a major aim of the forthcoming tax summit," the commission
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Michael wanted to teach From page 6
Contrary to a belief held by some, Michael says, computers tend to increase rather than decrease the number of jobs available. They increase competitiveness between businesses and this competition creates jobs. In the short term, particularly in smaller businesses, they could cause some job loss. Generally the bigger firms re-trained their staff in other areas. There was little retrenchment, but sometimes an overall reduction in numbers employed through the nonreplacement of staff who left for any reason.
said.
From page 2 Investigate gaps in the local services available in the local area that might be undertaken by unemployed. Formulate work projects for unemployed under Community Employment Projects or labour training programs. THIRD, at the community levels: Offer your particular skills to local labour training projects for youth. Help service clubs in youth career guidance and in work creation projects for unemployed. If you are an employer try to expand your workforce or, by your capital investmentor advice, help appropentrepreneural riate development.
"In the push for technology in this, the information revolution, the emphasis must be on re-training and the provision of the equipment necessary to carry it out," he concludes.
Natural family planning From page 11 If the problem seems to be a long mucus symptom restricting the freedom for intercourse, the woman can learn to distinguish progressive changes that occur in the nature of the mucus as she draws closer to ovulation; when she has learned this she will be able to use with safety some of the days after the symptoms have begun. She must also remember that when the mucus becomes clear or slippery or stretchy, all quite definite changes, that these are a warning of possible fertility. It's all a matter of what you know, says Ann. "If people ask me how safe it is I tell them that it is as safe as they want it to be," she said. "One of our biggest difficulties can be the lack of support from the medical profession. "One of our girls, who had quite successfully planned one baby, was told by her doctor that the method of natural family planning wasn't safe. "Naturally what he said scared her and that's the sort of thing we don't want to have to cope with." An added advantage with the method, she says, is that pregnancy can be detected as close as 18 days from con-
ception . . and while most women who are trying to get pregnant will take care of what and how much they drink, the sooner they know they are pregnant, the safer it is. As much as anything, says Ann, it is an awareness program that puts women in touch with their bodies and helps men to take more responsibility for contraception. 'When you think about it," she said, "he married her as a fertile person and then later .decides to reject that part of her. "Her fertility is part of what makes her a whole person and it is something they must accept together . . . in fact, it is not just her fertility, it is their fertility, because we also look at the fertility of the male. "Natural family planning gives couples confidence that they are in control of their own bodies and that they can choose when or when not to have a child." Many of the referrals come from pre-marriage courses, doctors, friends and often simply the phone book. "Occasionally we get referrals from a priest but there isn't as much awareness as we would like," she said 'We also run correspon-t dence courses for country people throughout the State," she said.
Youth Forum
Belgian youths cheer the pope
BRUSSELS: Pope John
Paul II told 30,000 cheering youths in French-speaking Namur, Belgium, if they were united with Christ, their efforts for peace would lead to a new world. "Your sincere efforts to build up peace, justice and brotherhood in this world, insofar as they are made according to the spirit of Christ and united with him, will not be for nothing," the pope said at the end of a day that took him to French- and Flemishspeaking Belgium. "They will result, as did his own life, in the Resurrection; they will, no doubt through the cross and with a great deal of patience, prepare a new world which surpasses anything we can imagine," he said. The pope spoke to the young people in a
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sports stadium under a blue sky dotted with large white helium balloons strung from wires high above the crowd. The pope also called on the youths to be strong in the face of temptation and urged them "to avoid the traps which
our society sets to exploit the weak and which the devil sets to exploit our weaknesses and passions." Among the temptations he cited were "the promise of easy immediate pleasure, unbridled sex, drugs of all kinds, artificial gadgets, expensive fashions; thought-destroying noise, illusion mongers and dream merchants, every modern idol which fosters our egoism in all its aspects"
The idea of a "wilderness weekend" or "wilderness experience" has grown since my chat with Karen Talbot of the Mirrabooka YCW. Quite a few people have expressed excited interest in the idea. It all came about because of the young Australian's experience of Taize. (See, "It's good to be alive last week") In today's modern and technological society we are far removed from mother nature. We are also far removed from the basics of life — most of the time we take them for granted. I'm not suggesting we should go back to the state of primitive man, but all the mod cons can make us lazy, unappreciative and spiritually empty. To get water we turn on a tap in our wind and rain proof homes. To boil the water we switch on the electric kettle; or press the gas or electric stove switch. We don't grow our own vegetables or meat. It all comes off a shelf at the big warehouse down the street. Our f eet need not touch the earth between the lounge room carpet and the supermarket floor. The only people publicly doing something difficult are these in the "quit campaign" or the members of "weight watchers". And both obesity and cigarettes are no good anyway. I'd like to propose and promote the idea of a "wilderness experience" without any of the mod cons. The idea is certainly not new, and unfortunately it will not be the basis of a multi-million dollar industry.
I'd hardly imagine we could grab a sleeping bag and head for the hills; Yet Jesus seemed to have done just that when He spent nights in prayer. The next morning the Apostles would wake and go looking for Him. The idea of "gettin away from it all" is as old as the hills. I am sure the people before Abraham used to escape from all the "trendies" discovering themselves with the latest in group dynamics. In the liturgy of the Church, all-night vigils were quite the rage in years gone by. I can recall several youth groups trying it for themselves, in recent years. Anyone interested in the idea of a "wilderness experience" should ring me on 328 9878. There are no brochures and no details. These will be decided once I am flooded with requests.
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Marque shares Teresa's office Marque Raymond a full timer with TYCS shares office facilities with Teresa Szenejko at the Cardijn Centre in Claverton Street, North Perth. Marque first worked full time for TYCS in the national office in Melbourne because he wanted to share in the responsibility of working for the National movement and developing a true analysis of Australian society.
The two page spread of photographs (Record, May 91-5) of a reunion of the Catholic Girls Movement solved a two year mystery for the Youth Page Editor. In 1982, the centenary of Joseph Cardijn's birth, the youth page published a series of youth photographs from the past. It proved that parents and a few movement members from the sixties and fifities still read The Record' youth page. It was a trip down memory lane; the photographs were printed without any captions, simply because they were lost. Readers were asked to identify the pictures. Three photographs were never identified. (Record September 30, 1982)
It was presumed the people concerned were no longer in the state, or they had died. Last month's Catholic Girls reunion proved the "culprits" were alive and well. In 1942 the three ladies were:— CARMEL MORAN, a school teacher from Bennett Street, Perth, who later married Mr Hynes and today they have two children. EDNA JERMYN, a secretary at the WA Turf Club, pictured in a Red Cross Emergency Services Corp uniform, from the Como parish; Today Edna lives at the Southern Cross Homes opposite the Youth Offices. HEATHER HARPER was one of the early secretaries to Father Lalor, founder of the Perth branch of the Catholic Girls Movement which existed side by side with YCW. Today Heather is Mrs Baker with eight children.
The son of Aubrey and Dagmar Raymond of Bedford, Marque is the eldest of their three children. He went to school at CBC Highgate and has completed a Bachelor of Science Degree at the University of WA. When he first went to University in 1981, the Orientation Camp and friendly social life of the University Catholic Society attracted him to joining. He joined the Tertiary Young Christian Students' Movement because the people in it seemed to have a lot of concern for each other and the Review of Life Method was good — it brought people down to earth. "Through TYCSIsaw the possibility for students to make a difference to their study and their campus by integrating faith and life. "It helps develop a sense of justice and mission. "I was influenced strongly by people who were leaders in the movements who had as much faith in their fellow students as in their God." he said. He is also studying part time to help him return to full time study next year. Contact with Teresa or Marque can be made by ringing 328 4071.
Marque Raymond
Celibate priests BRUSSELS: To questions from Luxembourg youth, the pope explained priests must remain celibate so the priest can "make his closeness to Christ credible through a life which is itself very close to that of Christ and free from any attachments other than those of serving Christ." When young people asked for a softening of the church position on divorce, the pope told them that "the breaking of the sacred commitment of matrimony constitutes a disordered and a deformed image of God in man." Unemployment for young represents people a "trauma" as they see "their sincere desire to work.
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by Faber and Faber. distributed by Penguin, $11.95. This excerpt from the famous poem "The Song of Hiawatha" begins: "By the shores of Gitche Gurnee By the shining Big-Sea-Water Stood the wigwam of Nokomis . ." And so the scene is set. The land of the hero's childhood — the forest, the animals, the security of his grandmother's wigwam — unfolds in verse with striking, imaginative illustrations in rich colours. A beautiful picture book, which brings the legend to life for a wide range of ages. Ages 3 + sabel's Double, by KenI neth Lillington, published by Faber and Faber. distributed by Penguin, $1.3.95. Newfield Abbey and an Art summer school seem the ideal setting for Mike's holiday. It was on the journey to the abbey that he first saw Isabel and was surprised when she reappeared at the
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Compiled by Roslyn Ross.
The healing power of the 'faith factor' ETYHEOND
Beyond The Relaxation Response, by Herbert Benson MD, with William Proctor, published by Fount, $4.95. Reviewed by Roslyn Ross.
Story of a man and a nation
Forge The ($8.95), The Track ($8.95), The Clash ($9.95), by Arturo Barea, published by Flamingo.
These three novels go to make up Arturo Barea's three-part autobiography, The Forging of a Rebel. This autobiography now has the status of one of the most remarkable achievements of modern Spanish literature and is a key contribution to any adequate understanding of the shaping of Spanish fascism and the unfolding of the Civil War. Barea was born of poor parents in Madrid and died in England at the age of sixty in 1957. He wrote several books but it is his three. volume autobiography, The Forging of a Rebel, passionately presented memorial to his country, vivid record of his experience of it and love for it, that stands as his greatest work. In The Forge. the first of the three books, he goes back to his beginnings, "to things which I had smelled, seen, touched and felt and which had hammered me into
shape." In the process, he exposes to the "ferocious Spanish sunlight . . . the straightforward corruption of a primitive country, where the capitalist is openly a sweater, the official always a crook, the priest an ignorant bigot or a comic rascal, the brothel a necessary pillar of society." The Track is the second volume and stands as a graphic and shocking account of the Spanish army in Morocco during the Riff War. The Track carries Senor Barea from the age of 20 to 28, into business and marriage, children, and a mistress, and into the sordid liftof a conscript soldier in North Africa. It gives a vivid account of Spanish Morocco in the years between the wars — a picture of Spanish soldiers and officers; of Moors andJews; of life in the outposts, with vermin, disease, flies and foul food; of the cafes, gambling dens and brothels of the town. It ends with Barea's return in 1925 to Madrid where General Primo de Rivera had become dictator and Spain was a
decade away from its fratricidal war. In The Clash, the third volume, he describes the horrors of the Spanish Civil War and his own part in that struggle. For mos tof it he was the head of the Foreign Press and Censorship Bureau of the Republican Government in Madrid and was also the radio broadcaster who became internationally famous as the "Unknown Voice of Madrid". Forced out of Spain in 1939 he sought temporary asylum in France
If you read Benson's first book, The Relaxation Response and were not impressed, don't be put off. This second book re-caps on the first but from a broader basis of knowledge. It also introduces the important component of the "faith factor," which was not a part of his first book . . . in fact, at the time he wrote The Relaxation Response, it was a fact of which he was not aware. It is 10 years since Dr Benson first presented his simple, effective meditation technique for reducing the effects of stress. In the past decade he has continued to research the subject and now describes the remarkable methods which extend the mind's power to heal the body. He advocates a combination of a RelaxationResponse technique with the individual's belief system, which he calls the "faith factor." What he is saying is that a deeply held
set of philosophical or religious convictions, when used in conjunction with meditation, can greatly increase your power of mind over body. In essence, Dr Benson relaxationthe says, response technique works anyway, but it works dramatically better if you have a belief. He makes no attempt to promote one religious faith over another but says that it does make a difference "what" you believe because your conviction about the unique power of your faith, at least for yourself, plays a central role in what you can achieve with the Faith Factor. Using the "faith factor" involves choosing a word or a phrase (of no more than five or six words which can be said silently as you exhale) which has meaning for you. For the Christian it might be "Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me." or "Hail
Mary, full of Grace." The phrase is combined with his meditation technique and has proved highly successful, he says, in treating headaches, insomnia, anxiety and a variety of disorders. Beyond The Relaxation Response is a fascinating book.
we can relive the past or probe the future. Hou-ever, we do use our imagination to create distress in our lives — we anticipate troubles and then react with a stress response, which is aprimary cause of illness. The Fantasy Factor sets out to be a guide to the positive use of imagination. No doubt it does that. but I'm sure more
successfully if it were used by professionals to guide others. It is not necessarily a difficult book to read but I think it is a confusing one because it does little more than offer a great variety of ways for you to use your imagination.. . it takes more than a little Imagination to decide which one is best suited to _you and your needs.
Some words of honest wisdom ‘00t1EDMUNJOKg
Yes Lord I Believe, by Dom Edmund Jones, published by Fount,
One for professionals The Fantasy Factor, by Dr H.E. Stanton. published by Fontana, $6.95. Reviewed by Roslyn Ross. This book is all about using your imagination to solve everyday problems. The human mind can go anyuirere. says Dr Stanton. It can do anything. It can take us to places both real and imaginary — through our imagination
$4.95. Reviewed by Roslyn Ross.
This is a superb little book which offers the wisdom and common sense of the monk, Dom Edmund Jones. who is well known in Britain for his broadcasts. In fact the book has been compiled from those broadcasts and a selection of his thoughts: It ranges over a number of subjects — the good things in life, the Cross, the people around us . . it also reflects the wisdom, the honesty and the prayerfulness of the author's openness to God's world and to God This was my first meeting with Dom Edmund and I can honestly say; "the pleasure was all mine." He writes simply and clearly, with a refreshing honesty that makes the reader feel "quite at home." Dom Edmund is a Benedictine monk of the Congregation of Monte Oliveto. He was for many- years parish priest of Christ the King. Cockfosters. He now belongs to the twin monasteries at Turves.
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New titles New titles New titles New titles New t Biko, by Donald Woods, published by Penguin, $6.95. Founder of the Black Consciousness Movement, Steve Biko was a natural target for the South African authorities. On 18 August 1977 Steve Biko was arrested, interrogated and beaten. On 12 September he was dead. Editor of a leading antiapartheid paper, Donald Woods was a friend of Steve Biko's and went into exile in order to write his testimony about the life and work of a remarkable man. The Defence Diaries of W. Morgan Petty, edited by Brian Bethel' publishing by Viking, $14.95. In Febraury 1983, W. Morgan Petty of 3 Cherry Drive, Canterbury, Kent, took over responsibility from the Ministry of Defence for his own international security. His diaries detail a year of hectic correspondence with world leaders, money men, weapons manufacturers and others aimed at establishing his home as a viable nuclear free zone.
In these hilarious diaries, W. Morgan Petty — a quiet, unassuming retired glove salesman, establishes himself as the finest English eccentric of the nuclear age. Giant Dumptrucks, by Nick Baldwin, published by Penguin, $29.95. Giant dumptrucks are the largest, toughest, most powerful and most spectacular vehicles yet seen on earth. The size and complexity of these massive machines has increased dramatically since the 1950s and in this book most types from around the world are represented with over 200 photographs in colour and black-and-white. Jaguar, The Complete llustrated History, by I Philip Porter, published by Penguin, $36.95. It began as Swallow, became SS, and then achieved worldwide success and fame as Jaguar. With over 300 contemporary photographs and other illustrations, this comprehensive history covers the early days. the production models and the personalities behind this unique company and car.
The Penguin Book of Limericks, edited by E.O. Parrott,publishedby Penguin, $11.95. A wonderful connoisseur's collection of limericks, old and new, embellished by the illustrations of Robin Jacques. Cakes, by Barbara Maher, published by Penguin, $7.95. A comprehensive guide to cake and pastry making, ideal for beginners as well as experienced cooks. A wide range of delicious and simple recipes are included from all corners of the world. The Name of Annabel Lee, published by Penguin, $4.95. From one of the best known writers of the genre, a devilishly cunning novel about the search for Annabel Lee — a girl who suddenly vanishes without trace. The Making of Neil Kinflock, by Robert Harris, published by Faber and Faber, $23.95. Neil Kinnock — a British MP at the age of 28 and
Leader of the Opposition at 4 1 — has enjoyed a spectacular rise to power that is virtually unprecedented in recent political history. Robert Harris, a BBC director and reporter, has written the first authoritative biography of the Left's new leader, the background to which is a decade of political upheaval. Wired/The Short Life and Fast Times of John Belushi, by Bob Woodward, published by Faber and Faber, $24.95. On March 5th 1982, thirtythree-year-old John Belushi was found dead of a drug overdose in a hotel room off Sunset Boulevard. Bob Woodward, one of the most brilliant investigative reporters of our times, left Washington for Hollywood to find out what had led to the death of one of America's top comedians. With All the President's Men and The Final Days Woodward exposed Richard Nixon and the Watergate scandal. He used the same journalistic skills to reconstruct one one of the
most tragic Hollywood stories of recent years. This is a moving and vivid portrait of a great American talent struggling to survive success. Wired reveals the dark side of the American dream. August Strindberg, by Olof Lagercrantz, published by Faber and Faber, $49.95. Drawing on his unrivalled knowledge of the Swedish source materials the author of this engagingly written biography skilfully dispels the myths that have accumulated around Strindberg — some generated by the playwright himself, others by his previous biographers — and reveals him to be not a psychopath tormented by paranoia but a consummate artist. Stravinsky, Selected Correspondence, Volume Two, edited and with commentaries by Robert Craft, published by Faber and Faber, $87.95. This second volume of letters to and from Igor Stravinsky tells us more about his dealings with Diaghilev and other famous
collaborators, especially in the world of ballet. It also includes his remarkable correspondence with G.P. Baliankin, which reveals the composer in an unfamiliar light, and Stravinsky's letters to Nicolas Nabokov, Pierre Boulex and Ernst Krenek. Scenes of Everyday Life, Dutch Genre Painting of the Seventeenth Century, By Christopher Brown. published by Faber and Faber, $65. Between about I 5-5 and 1650, Dutch society went through a startling transformation. Dutch 'genre' painting is a remarkable visual record of theat transformation, brought about by Dutch independence from Spain, Calvinism, population growth, greater literacy' and a new prosperity. Christopher Brown, a Deputy Keeper of London's National Gallery and an acknowledged authority on the paintings of the period, has prepared a beautifully presented book that enables us to recreate the mental picture the Dutch had of the
world during a fascinating and tubullent age. He draws on the works of well known artists like Vermeer and Avercamp, along with innumerable other genre painters of great skill and imagination. by Choreography George Balancbine, A catalogue of 14 'orks. by the Eakins Press Foundation, published by Viking. $24.95. The definitive record of the 425 works created for ballet, opera. Broadway and motion pictures by the master choreographer of the twentieth century. This beautifully produced book presents a fully detailed chmnology of works, including information on the music, composer, premiere and cast; set and costume design; subsequent stagings; and a note on the significance of each ballet. Other sections include notes on primary sources of published and archival mateprogrammes, rials, correspondence, reviews and interviews with dancers
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WHAT'S ON FESTIVAL OF PRAISE The inter-denominational Christian Festival of Praise, presented by the Perth Charismatic Ministers' Fellowship, will be held for the seventh successive year on Wednesday, June 19th, 1985, in the Perth Entertainment Centre. This evening of praise and worship to God is complemented by a choir, band, soloist and dancers. There is an address during the evening. No entrance fee is charged but offering will be collected. Bring the family and friends and sing in the company of thousands of Christians. Look for the advertisement in the next edition of The Record. For inquiries please phone 271 1654 or 272 7944.
MARRIAGE ENCOUNTER Marriage encounter weekends will in future be held within parishes commencing with the next marriage encounter weekend to be held at the North Beach parish from June 21-23. Len and Lee Walsh said "the new direction will give the opportunity for marriage encountered couples to meet more often as a group which will be church and community building. "Marriage encounter's prayer is that parishes will support the new direction." The North Beach weekend still has vacancies for interested couples who are invited, to contact Kath and Colin Mitchell (448 4624) for bookings. The parish contact couple, Kevin and Josie Ellis are on 447 3543.
HEALING WEEKEND A few Mirrabooka parishioners accompanied their parish priest in March to experience the Parish Healing Weekend held at Keaney College, Bindoon. They made a commitment at that time to promote the Healing Weekend in their own parish and that commitment will be fulfilled on June 21-23 when the second WA PHW will take place. This will be a non-residential weekend at Mirrabooka parish and will consist of three sessions — Friday evening, all day Saturday, all day Sunday ending with Mass approximately 4 pm. Father Geoff Aldous invites other parishes to send along participants to this weekend.
He believes the most effective way to spread the value of the PHW is by people experiencing it. For enquiries and registration forms contact either Mirrabooka presbytery 349 2315 or the Pastoral and Matrimonial Renewal Centre, 293 2214. RELIGIOUS GATHERING The annual gathering of all religious men and women in WA will tEke place in the Redemptorist church on Saturday June 8 with Mass celebrated by Bishop Healy. A social supper will follow in the Retreat Centre.
ORANGE PEOPLE PUBLIC LECTURE Perth cult investigator Adrian van Lean, Director of the cult research and monitoring organisation: Concerned Christians Growth Ministries will speak at a public rally on the theme: cults, confusion and the Orange People on Friday June 7 1985 at 7.45 pm at St George's Cathedral. BUNBURY MAJELLANS Bunbury Majellans will hold their annual one-day retreat on Sunday July 7 at the Bunbury Catholic College, Rodstead Street. from 9.30 am to 4 pm. Rita Murphy from the Dardanup House of Prayer will be leader and the chaplain Father Bernie Hammond will celebrate Mass. Lunch will be provided. Anyone interested in a day of peace and reflection is welcome. Contact is Diane Grinbergs 097219830 or Lyn Poll 097-213124.
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At the Applecross Pentecost ecumenical service: Nola Nicholls with Alison and Stephanie and Mary Paton, all of St Benedict's parish. •
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MAJELLAN JUBILEE This year is the 25th anniversary of the formation of Bunbury Majellans and the event will be celebrated with Mass at St Thomas' church and a luncheon for all those involved in the group over 25 years at St Gerard Centre, Winton St, on Sunday October 20 beginning at 11 am Past members who have memorabilia, newspaper clippings, photographs and so on to loan for the occasion are asked to contact Pat Malatesta 097-211747, Annette Morellini 097-281112, Pam Blee 097-217963 and Jan Hynes, 78 Stirling St, Bunbury.
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Pentecost at Applecross was celebrated with the fifth annual ecumenical service held this year at St David's, Anglican church and attended by Catholic, Anglican and Uniting Church members. St Benedict's parish council president Mr Stephen Court read the gospel and the responsory. In his homily the chaplain of St George's College, Reverend Richard Borthwick, used the church unity theme Through Death to Life with Jesus, and surveyed the various models of progress towards the redemption and ascension to which all Christians aspire. He discarded all but the hard option and finished with the celebrated contemporary advice that "life was not meant to be easy. Story and picture by BILL HUXLEY.
As a preliminary to the parish discus-
sions on the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission's final report, Catholic clergy of the Osborne Park Zone invited Anglican clergy of the Coastal and Gnangara deaneries to their monthly meeting in May in the new Balcatta parish Alvema centre. The meeting was called so that clergy could get to know each other and share their views and reactions to the final report. Reverend Roy Poole, of Duncraig, explained the training program for group leaders and the reactions of local Anglicans to the report. Father Brian O'Loughlin, temporarily at Nollamara, presented the Catholic reaction to the report.
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At Cottesloe last Sunday, Father Marlow SJ, responds to greetings on his 60 years as a Jesuit. More than 350 Cottesloe parishioners celebrated last Sunday the 60th anniversary of Father Feminand Marlow's entry into the Society of Jesus. Parish council president Mr John Sheldrick made a presentation to Father Marlow after calculating the priest had been in the order for 13 per cent of its existence since its foundation by St Ignatius in 1534. Father Marlow left for an overseas trip which will include his native Belgium where he was born on Pentecost Sunday 78 years ago. Bishop Healy, who noted Father Marlow's 60 years as a Jesuit spanned his own lifetime, spoke highly of the 11 years, service Father Marlow has given the archdiocese of Perth in Palmyra, Osborne Park, Highgate, Northam and Cottesloe where he has been assistant for the past six years. "Nothing he should have done was left undone and was always done on time. There was no messing around," Bishop Healy commented. Responding, Father Marlow said that he was not in favour of too many jubilees and that the present would suffice for the jubilee of his priesthood in three years' time. He said 60 years ago he would never have believed he would be alive to celebrate the event in far-off Perth. Urging his listeners not to be afraid, but to depend on the Holy Spirit, Father Marlow made a plea for more men and women to follow a religious vocation to take the place of those who were growing old like himself.
The 22 priests then broke into three groups to discuss aspects of the ARCIC findings.
Healing Mass draws crowd More than 500 people attended a special Mass and healing service hosted by St Joseph's Church, Subiaco last Friday. It was organised by the charismatic prayer meetings sponsored by the Bethel Covenant Community, as part of the parish celebration of Pentecost.
Charitable frankness characterised the plenary meeting which looked at issues such as authority and infallibility. The meeting which began with the novena prayers for Christian Unity finished with the recitation of Evening Prayer from the Breviary. Balcatta women served the evening meal. report by Father G. SEVER
Fathers Michael and Oliver Ryan, the Subiaco parish priests, Father Ted Hewitt and Father Jim Mullins, concelebrated the Mass while the overall head co-ordinator of the Bethel community, Mr Kevin Horgan, gave the homily. Mr Horgan spoke on the fruits of the gift of God's Spirit to all Christians in bringing healing and power "to change lives". It was especially appropriate to seek the Lord's healing because "His Spirit sets us free of all the bondages we labour under." A spokesman for the Bethel community said members of the prayer meetings would have the opportunity during June to learn more of how to respond to God through His Holy Spirit. Special programs such as the Life in the Spirit seminars, Basic Christian Maturity, teachings on the ministry of healing and actual healing services would help people to come to terms with their faith whether they were adults or youths. Story by KEN WILSON
Archbishop Goody Following last year's successful course surveying the Middle Ages in the West, Archbishop Goody commences shortly a six lecture series on the Byzantine Empire in the East. Lectures will be given fortnightly commencing June 13 at 7.30 pm in Nedlands parish hall. An hour lecture is followed by questions and discussion. The text of the lecture is provided afterwards. For bookings or further information contact Miss Pat Ryan 386 6000 or Mrs Joan Connor 384 4883.